Frost damage across the state has pushed an increasing number of graingrowers to cut their crops for hay, according to Grain Producers SA chairman Wade Dabinett.
Mr Dabinett said frost impact was variable across regions, but most croppers had suffered some degree of frost damage.
"There are some areas in the southern Mallee where the frost impact is particularly bad, but you only have to go a few kilometres down the road and the impact might only be 10 per cent," he said.
YP AG agronomist Chris Davey said frost damage on the northern Yorke Peninsula had "without a doubt" been more severe than usual, with most areas reporting at least five severe frosts since August 13 - significantly more than the area's average of two or three frosts a year.
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